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August 06, 2009

back to bashful blue and rich razzleberry!

aka blue and maroon - I love it! If you looked at the earlier posts from the technique class you will see that I had a blast with this colour combination! I had to play with them and the fabulous Embrace Life set :) *I have added an album just for this stamp set on my sidebar so if you have this set you will have ideas to go with it!*

In the end, I went with the simple chocolate chip ribbon and jazzed it up with a jumbo grommet!

I have to confess to having been slightly intimidated by the jumbo grommets because I had never used them before - but they were SUPER easy to use! And I think they add a great touch :)

Here's a mini-tutorial on how to use them!Step 1Place the grommet where you want it on your cardstock. With a mat underneath, push it through the paper

This is what the grommet looks like when it is poking through the other side *you can see that I was playing with making some sort of background using the other stamps in the set but changed my mind :P *

Step 2

Using your bone folder, press the edges inwards

Your grommet is now set!

If you want to add ribbon into the centre like I did, you don't need to do it the way I did (so I won't show you that way! :P) I was playing around trying to figure it out and in this case I think the easiest way is best! All you have to do is tie your ribbon, put a glue dot behind it, attach it into the centre, and there you have it! (a lot of writing to say <tie, glue, done>).

Comments

Hey Mitra,
This is my first visit to your blog and I wanted to tell you it's great. Keep up the great work. I really like this above post/tutorial. I am definitely going to have to try out this colour combo.
Sandra